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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1909
Page
4
Entry notes second class matter at the Ogden Utah post office under the act of Congress indicating publication or mailing status.
Special position charges per inch apply on pages five six seven eight with varying rates. First page lower half rates and special contracts for recurring ads. The Standard Publishing Co promotes its Ogden audience as top subscribers and invites advertisers to compare with The Evening Standard.
W C Stanley returns from San Francisco after visiting the post earthquake and fire city. He witnessed debris removal and rebuilding along Market Street and praises the revived skyline as larger and finer than before the disaster. The account highlights San Francisco's spirit and rapid reconstruction.
Ogden plans to host the annual Wool Growers convention in January 1910. A city committee of leading sheepmen will assist national officers to attract 2000 of the 4000 member association and seek international attendees from Australia, Argentina, and beyond to boost exchanges with U S wool producers.
The text urges Ogden to organize a boosting campaign to assist wool industry participants and attract visitors for a next year convention. It calls for forming a committee to plan entertainment and a united community effort to support a commendable showing in the wool trade fair.
General Kuropatkin foresees Russia facing a new Oriental threat as Japan and China unite to challenge Siberia. He warns that a strong Chinese awakening could push Asia toward dominance, forcing Russia and the United States to guard against possible invasions and upheaval in the far east.
A San Francisco Call summary notes Senator Borah of Idaho proposes a bill to bar senators representatives and delegates from receiving compensation for legal services to corporations or associations in matters involving the United States. It would also prohibit them from acting as attorneys for entities regulated by Congress. The move is unlikely to pass but reflects public backlash against corporate legal influence.
Fragmented excerpt argues that legislation cannot sharply define all predatory wealth cases and that only the ballot box can provide a remedy. It references Formker and mentions Jawyera as players in a debated scheme for parity and success.
In Indiana the election reshapes party control as Beveridge gains influence. Democrats hold the legislature and Beveridge stands to command federal patronage for the state after the March 4 transition, with support from House members and senators.
Consul Cheney writes from Messina describing an unprecedented olive harvest failure in eastern Sicily. He notes mild winter and seven month drought, insect destruction, and a total loss of olives and oil, threatening local and national industries including woolen cloth and foreign markets.
A richly dressed woman was found face down in a skiff half filled with water in Elliott Bay. Captain Henry Thompson of the barge Mayflower rescued her and took her to the police station where she died shortly after arrival. A delicately tattooed bracelet with the word Milly on It identified her only by name fragment.
Placed in a stove by Mann Headstrom of Roby area thinking it was kerosene an explosion killed Headstrom and his 5 year old son. Five other family members were badly burned in Frio County Texas on January 16.
Blizzard rages in the Dakotas causing renewed railroad disruptions with heavy snow and reduced operations. Storm particularly severe in South Dakota, delaying trains and complicating travel as crews work to clear lines.
Edward Fink reports a new smelter process near Garfield developed with Samuel Newhouse that yields blister copper from fine concentrates at low cost. The system mixes coal or oil fuels, retains molten matte in tuyere zones, and combines two reversibly rotating furnaces to smelt and roast in tandem, enabling Bessemerizing copper on site and continuous operation with intermittent feed.
Pittsburg reports the arrest yesterday of eight Black Hand members after a hand to hand struggle with eight officers at Ellaworth forty miles west of the city. Two more members were captured today and a third killed. A wealthy Italian woman Mrs Yinnatr im received a demand letter for 400 from the group.
The Right Reverend Permind J. McQuaid, bishop of the Rochester Te peak Catholic diocese, died early today at age 80. He served as a leading church figure throughout his tenure in western New York.
The Ogden city council approved a resolution of respect for former Mayor Lavin Tarr praising his work as pioneer legislator and citizen. A copy of the resolution was to be presented to Tarr’s family as a token of the city’s respect and veneration. Other business covered bids for city sprinkler repairs and waterworks matters including a city reservoir plan and legal counsel engagement.
El Paso dispatch June 18 reports a man pouring what he thought was gas into a stove caused a fireball that killed Matn Hendsetrom and his five year old son five miles from Roby. Five other family members were badly burned in the blast.
In Hope Arkansas on January 18 a mob seized a Black man named Hilliard after forcing the Went plant engineer to cut power leaving the town in darkness. They tied him to a telegraph pole and left him, after he allegedly insulted a woman.
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